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Increased Expression of Endogenous Xenotropic Murine Retrovirus by Treatment with the Tetrapeptides, Tuftsin and Kentsin

Biological Carcinogenesis Program Frederick Cancer Research Center, Frederick, Maryland 21701, U.S.A.

Enhancement of endogenous xenotropic virus expression has been found upon treatment with tetrapeptides of a high-passage clone of Balb/c (K-Balb) mouse cells transformed with Kirsten sarcoma virus. Tuftsin (Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg) and kentsin (Thr-Pro-Arg-Lys) increased the expression of virus that was infectious for rat, but not mouse, cells in a concentration-dependent fashion. The enhancement of virus expression by the tetrapeptides was proportional to the spontaneous release of virus. The infectivity of the enhanced virus was neutralized by goat anti-RLV gp70 serum. Actinomycin D inhibited the induction of virus, suggesting that enhanced expression required de novo RNA synthesis. The effects observed using K-Balb cells offer an opportunity to study the many biological effects of these peptides in a fibroblast culture system.

Received 12 May 1980; accepted 6 August 1980.